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There is nothing unusual about Governor Rick Perry. Uneducated fools can be found in every country and every period of history, and they are not unknown in high office. What is unusual about today’s Republican party (I disavow the ridiculous ‘GOP’ nickname, because the party of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt has lately forfeited all claim to be considered ‘grand’) is this: In any other party and in any other country, an individual may occasionally rise to the top in spite of being an uneducated ignoramus. In today’s Republican Party ‘in spite of’ is not the phrase we need. Ignorance and lack of education are positive qualifications, bordering on obligatory. The article isn't important.. The emphasis added is the point.

In President Obama and his circle we have some of the most (formally) educated people ever to wield power in this country... VS Ronald Reagan, a man who went to Eureka College and was, by their definition, every bit as stupid as they claim Perry and the entire GOP to be.

It is also worth noting that President Bush was educated in the Ivy League and held an MBA...

If there's a lesson to be drawn from this, perhaps it's not that Perry is too stupid to be President.. Perhaps it's that a college credential doesn't make you smart?

This makes a lot of sense, as you leave college with the same brain you walked in with. (Just sayin')

The only other conclusion I can draw is that they are angry with Perry for using his education to learn how to think and solve problems. As opposed to devoting his time to learning what to think, so he might agree with them on a pet theory which has no bearing on any of the challenges America currently faces.

If the "correct" view on evolution is so crucial for a presidential candidate, perhaps they should run Richard Dawkins against Obama in the Democrat primary? Eh?